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The sun hung heavy in the sky, a great ball of fire reaching out to stroke the fur of those that stood still long enough. There was a breeze however that danced through the trees and off the water in a seeming fit of joy. It was as if spring was trying to bully its way in, pushing the chill of winter out of the air. All in all it was a lovely day, and one that Izuchi found himself enjoying immensely. It wasn’t that he minded winter all that much, no, this one had been quite pleasant all things considered. However, he found the warmth and general twittering of spring to be an exquisite time of year. He knew that with spring just around the corner, so too would there be kits and wasn’t that a lovely thought. Why two of his good friends had already been blessed with two little ones and it wasn’t even officially spring yet.

If there was one thing he greatly enjoyed it was watching the new kits come out and explore the world. They always seemed to have such a curious innocence about them that it just made the world seem a brighter place. He wondered briefly how many of his other friends would be busy with kits this year. Well it was no matter; he would be more than willing to help where needed.

Though he willed it not to, his mind did drift back to his time as a kit. While it had never been a terrible thing, he did hope others had a bit more freedom than he did. If only because that would make it that much easier on them as adults; he found people often looked at him strangely in many instances. Which he would later find could have easily been avoided if he had merely the knowledge to do so. Although everyone he came across seemed very forgiving of his lack of social etiquette; he had thought his impeccable, apparently he was wrong. Apparently he was too formal, too refined, too reserved, and too regal and it often gave people an off put feeling.

His ears fell back against his head as he stopped glancing over into the river by which he had been walking this entire time. The little prince had tried, on multiple occasions, to stop being so… well him, but he was having no luck as of yet. He scrunched up his nose slightly when something glistening in the water caught his attention. At first he thought it was the sun but soon found that was not the case. He glanced upwards, a waterfall poured itself over a rocky cliff and at the tip top he could just make out what appeared to be golden feathers hanging over the edge.

Well that was curious now, wasn’t it? He shifted to get a better look at what it could be, before deciding to climb up and see just what it was. It was slow going but eventually he managed to pull himself up and over the top, his black and rainbow fur glistened in the sun. His trip up had taken him too close to the waterfall on occasion and as such he was now damp from the water. His prize for this effort was a bird of some sort, his wings large, almost as large as Izuchi himself.

“My apologies for interrupting your nap.” Izuchi stated inclining his head slightly tail wiggling. “I did not think I would find another ulaya up here. I saw the tips of your feathers from below and was curious.” His tone was soft, but not shy. He sat erect, back straight and ears forward curious about the rather large male birdlaya in front of him.